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VOLUME 51
Gov. Carl E. Sanders Chosen Head
Os Southern Regional Education Unit
Gov. Carl E. Sanders, who recently was the recipient of the
Golder. Key award of the American Association of School Admin
istravn. will assume chairmanship of the Southern Regional Educa
tion Board October 1.
The Georgia governor, a recog
nized champion of education, was
elected to the post to succeed
Virgin;?. Gov. Albertus S. Harri
son at the board’s just-ended an
nual meeting at Miami Beach. Dr.
O. C. Aderhold, president of the
University of Georgia, was re
elected vice chairman.
Earlier, in a hard-hitting speech,
Sanders told the board members
that Southern states in the next
five years will need to double
their appropriations for higher ed
ucation. Said he:
“We must face the simple fact
that inadequate financial support
guarantees that higher education
cannot meet the quantitative and
qualitative demands imposed by
current conditions. A new scale
of demands for higher education
services requires a new scale of
financial support.”
Warning th t the South “can
not afford merely to stand still,”
he said:
“Southern youth must com
pete with people throughout the
nation. In order for Southern
youth to have an equal chance
in this competition, they must
have more education, and a bet
ter education, than we are now
providing.
“Furthermore. Southern institu
tions must compete in a national
market for qualified faculty. And
•the costs of instructional mater
ials and equipment are no lower
in the South than elsewhere Thus,
higher education in the South
needs financial support compar
able to other regions if it is to
provide educational services of
comparable quality and quantity.”
Gcv. Sanders outlined a three
point program which he believes
would make higher education a
vailrble to more Southern stu
dents. I: call for:
“One. maintaining basic costs
to the student at as low a level
as possible.
“Two, extending and expand
ing state and federal student as
sist nee programs of scholarships,
loans and work-study opportun
ities.”
“Three, expanding the use of
community junior college pro
grams so that students can live at
home and still attend college at
the freshman-sophomore level.’’
New Recreation
Programs Added
In Parks System
Something new is being tried
out in Georgia’s state parks sys
tem this season. It is a recreation
leadership program being con
ducted in four of the parks, ac
cording to Parks Director Horace
G. Caldwell.
The innovation, described as a
“major attraction” not generally
used by p-rks systems in other
states, provides programs on the
week ends such as evening square
dances, community sings, inter
pretive programs, guided nature
trails, movies, a wide variety of
children’s activities and other or
ganized programs of entertair
ment.
Under the supervision of care
fully selected, qualified recreation [
directors, these programs will be j
held throughout the summer at [
Vogel State Park. Blairsville; Red
Top Mountain State Park. Carters- '
ville; Elijah Clark State Park.
Lincolnton, end Indian Springs;
Sta:; Paik, near Jackson.
“Our newly-initiated leadership
program for more organized rec- -
reatior for our park guests is i
purely on an experimental basis,”
explained Director Caldwell. “It
is proves to be successful — and
so far indications are that it is.
extremely popular — we plan to ;
extend it to other state parks next
year. The various events, espec- 1
ially the old-fashioned square ’
dances, really ?dd gaiety and fun
for the overnight visitors.”
In addition to the leadership
programs now limited to the four;
parks, self-directed recreation op-.
portunities are increasing in all|
the 37 parks in the system through
the addition of horseback riding, :
miniature golf, fishing boats, na
ture trails, bicycles and other out
door sport s activities, it was point- ;
ed out. '
Wheeler County Eagle
Agency Added To
Ga. Merit System
Sanders Reveals
Gov. Carl E. Sanders? announc-
'■ ed that the employees of the
[Georgia Educational Improvement
Council have been brought under
.[the State Merit System. The es
; [ fective date was July 1.
The governor pointed out that
’. this is another step in his admin
■[ istration’s continued effort to
bring efficient ar.d business-like
methoc’ s of operation to all units
■ of state government.
Ten Year Old Boy
Succumbs To Snake
Bite Saturday
Gareth Daniel Stanley, ten
.[ year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
' George Bess of Wheeler County
was bitten by a rattle snake Tues
. day, June 29 while he and his sis
;; ters and brother were working in
i tobacco.
: The boy was rushed to the
11 Wheeler County Hospital in Glen
wood where serum was .dminis
’ tered. He appeared to be on the
: road to recovery when be took a
■ turn for the worse on Saturday
I and died Sunday around 9:30
1 p.m.
■[ Other than his parents, the
’ youth is survived by six sisters
■ and two brothers and a grand
-1 mother, all of Glenwood.
Young Stanley’s funeral will be
’ held Saturday, July 10. at 2 p.m.
from the St. Paul Baptist Church
' i (McArthur). Wheeler County, by
■’the Rev. N. Gregory. Hudson
’ Funeral Home is in charge of ar
’ rangements.
J Hazlehurst Man
Held In Slaying
Jimmy Bryant, young Hazle
' hurst man charged with the fatal
shooting of James P. Ray on
June 24, has been ordered hdld
■ for the September term of Jeff
'' Davis County Superior Court and
’ grand jury action after a hearing
j before Justice of the Peace War
, | ren Williams.
The charge of murder was not
j changed, and no bond was set.
I The hearing attracted a near
[capacity crowd in the courtroom
| of the Jeff Davis County court
[ house. Solicitor Jack Ballenger
[of Baxley represented the state
[and local attorney Gordon Knox
i Jr. represented the defendant.
The defense effered no wit
nesses at the hearing.
Dr. Ben Goldman. local physi
cian. reve led in his testimony
[ that the fatal bullet entered Ray’s
| chest on ‘he left side, in front.
I and traveled a downward course
I to come oht on the right side of
I the back below the fourth rib. It
I entered in the region of the first
I rib, according to the doctor's re
| port.
The weapon from which the
i death bullet was fired has no'
! been recovered, although a search
has been made bv law enforce
, m?nt officials.
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Mrs. Georgia 1965, Mrs. Felix
(Pat) Turner Jr. of Swains
boro, Georgia, will be hostess
and guest speaker at the Mrs.
Georgia Breakfast sponsored
by Atlanta Gas Light Com
pany at the Georgia Press As
sociation Convention at Jekyll
i Island July 9.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Georgia Gift to Copenhagen
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John J. McDonough, president of the Georgia Society
for Crippled Children and Adults, and 17-year-old
Donna Dixon of Albany, Georgia’s goodwill ambassa
dor to Denmark, discuss the Athos Menaboni plates
she will present to the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen.
Donna is one of 53 handicapped young Americans
who will be the guests of the Danish government for
three weeks. The plates Donna will present bear re
productions of bird paintings by the Georgia artist.
Elsmer Jean Smith
Promoted At Medical
College Os Georgia
Elsmer Jean Sr.ith of Glenwood,
; a student at the Medical College
of Georgia, has been promoted to
1 the second year class in the
School of Medicine. Her promo
tion was announced by the school’s
Promotion Boards, which have
the responsibility for reviewing
[and assessing the academic work
of students in the School of Med
■ icine. The freshman Promotion
Board is comprised of the faculty
[ which instructs first year students.
Miss Smith is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith of Glen
wood. She is a graduate of Treut
: len High School and attended the
University of Georgia before en
rolling in the medical curriculum. .
Registration for sophomore stu
. dents is scheduled for September
7 in Augusta.
The Medical College is a state
[aided unit of the University Sys-.
' tern of. Georgia.
Sanders Offers
Advice To Young
And Old Georgians
Appearing before students of
local business colleges gathered
'at Atlanta’s Baptist Tabernacle
the other evening, Gov. Carl E.
;Sanders had'some advice fori
Georgians, both young and old, on
the role he thinks they should as
sume in today’s world. His mes
-age went like this:
“I cannot believe- that the good
life for you or for me or for any
educated man or woman is sim
ply a matter of quietness, safety
ar.d security.
“Rather, I believe that for the
'healthy, young or old, educated
man or wo ran, the opportunity to ‘
[become involved and to .grapple t
with the forces around him, for
sake of improving ourselves,
provides th:; real zest for living.”
Continuing his message, the 40-
year-old governor deal red:
“I do not suggest that you must
become a crusader in any of the;
revolutions taking place today.
But you must truly feel and be
involved in them. And unless you
do, you will surely wake up one
dav and find that an exciting and :
deeply satisfying way of life has;
passed you by.
“As you know, it is only on the
higher ground of private con-1
science and active spiritual be-[
lief that this country, or any coun
try, or even any individual, can
long endure.
“I believe this is our challenge I
as true adults — to maintain this)
heritage o fspiritual wisdom and [
belief, and to pass it on, intact, to [
those younger people who will [
succeed us, and they will succeed :
us sooner than you may realize 1
now.”
I: seems a little silly now, but,
this country was founded as a
protest against taxation.
Tim Currie Attending
Wesleyan College
For Summer Weeks
Tim Currie, son of Mrs. Lucile
! Currie and the late Ernest Currie,
is among the honor students :t
--tending the school at Wesleyan
; College for eight weeks.
i He is a Junior at the Mont
gomery County High School.
Clayton L. Mcßride
Dies In Vidalia
Last Wednesday
Funeral services were held
from the Center Methodist Church
[on Thursday, July 1. for Clayton
Lee Mcßride, 85, of Vidalia, well
; known retired farmer, who died
lon June 30 in Meadows Memorial
’ Hospital.
The Rev. Glenn McCranie offi
; ciated and burial was in the Cen
ter Cemetery with Murchison Fun
-1 eral Home in charge of arrange- ■
ments.
Mr. Mcßride was born in i
"Toombs County on October 14,1
. 1879, the son of Archie and Flora
i Clifton Mcßride. He had lived in
'Toombs County all of his life and
i was a member of Center Metho
dist Church.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. Louise Smith, of Tampa, Fla.;
four sons, Lonnie Mcßride, of Vi
'dalia; Lewis Mcßride, Curtis Mc-
Bride and Delton Mcßride, of
Tampa; 12 grandchildren and 11
1 great-grandchildren.
Vandiver Proud
Os Ga, Coliseum
He Helped Build
Former Gov. Ernest Vandiver
is extremely proud of the coli-1
•eum at the University of Georgia i
which was mede possible through .
hig official act as chief executive -
cf the state. And a strong segment’
i of the university’s almuni obvious-j
ly is proud of both the mammoth '
arena and the man responsible;
for its existence.
This was demonstrated the oth- ;
er evening in Rome when the I
Rome-Floyd County Bulldog Club;
presented Vandiver a plaque in ■
appreciation of his support of his I
alma mater in general and the!
! university’s sports program in ।
; particular — especially the con- ;
struction of. the coliseum. Re- '
I sponding he said:
“I could not accept this highly- j
prized award without saying that!
this night — and the great things'
that have been happening to;
Georgia’s sports and school spir-1
it since the coliseum opened —
are rew r ard enough for the part I
played in making th e coliseum
possible . . .
“Personally, I’m proud of the
coliseum — I’m proud we built
it — I’m proud for Georgia’s sake
— proud of the changes that the
coliseum made on the university
campus and in the school spirit.”
FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1965
Ju/y 4th Traffic Toll Sets Record;
557 Persons Killed On Highways
I
Cattle Research
To Re Feature
Os Field Day
Beef cattle growers, dairy farm
[ ers, and other interested persons
j will be able to see and hear re
• suits of latest developments in an
! imal science research at the State
■ Prison Farm near Reidsville on
‘July 9.
A combined farm tour and field
day will feature reports of cattle
breeding and feeding research un
[ derway with dairy and beef herds
on the prison farm, according to
! B. L. Southwell. As head of the
animal husbandry department at
I the University’s Coastal Plain Ex
: periment Station at Tifton, Mr.
। Southwell is responsible for gen
[ eral supervision of the research
I program at the prison farm.
Dr. Robert C. Anderson, newly
j appointed vice president for re
search of. the University of Geor
gia, will be the featured speaker
on the field day program. Sche
■ duled to speak at about 3 p.m.,
Dr. Anderson will discuss the top
ic, “Where Are We Now and
Where Are We Going in Live
stock Production?” This will be
Dr. Anderson’s first major talk
dealing with agricultural research
since assuming hi s duties as a
[University vice president on July
11.
j Other speakers on the afternoon
j program will include Warden R.
IP. Balkcox of the State Prison
Farm; Dr. George H. King, di-
■ rector of the University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture Ex
periment Stations; Dr. Frank P.
King, director of the Coastal
[ Plain Experiment Station, and the
| research scientists of the animal
[Science staffs at Tifton and Reids
i ville.
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Lt. John Thomas, Jr.
Completes Survival,
Special Training
RENO, NEV. — Second Lieute
nant John M. S. Thomas Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. S. Thomas
[of Alamo has completed the rig
| orous U. S. Air Force survival
[and special training course con-
I ducted by the Air Training Com
[ mand st Stead AFB. Nev.
I Lieutenant Thomas, a pilot, re
ceived combat-type escape and
evasion training to enable him to
survive under adverse climatic
conditions and hostile environ
! ment.
i The lieutenant is being assign-1
[ed to . unit at Travis AFB, Calif.., I
which supports the Military Air |
Transport Service mission of pro
viding global airlift of U. S. mil
itary forces and equipment.
The Quitman High School grad
uate received his B.M.E. degree i
from Auburn (Ala.) University, j
He was commissioned upon corn-;
! pletion of the Air Force Reserve.
[Officer Training Corps program,!
i and is a member of Sigr.a Pi.
j Cadet Jesse Kent
Assigned To A.F.B. ‘
i Unit At Webb A.F.B.
U.'S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY,
i Coic - Cadet Jesse H. Kent, son I
[of Mrs. Helen U. Kent of 256 La-[
! Vilk Drive. Miami Springs, Fla., [
l has been assigned to an Air Force
[ uni: at Webb AFB. Texas, for [
[junior officer training.
I Cade: Kent, who completed his
[ second year at the academy in
June, will undergo three weeks)
I training as part of Operation [
'Third Lieuten nt. “Third Lieuten-
I ant” is designed to give cadets j
I first-hand knowledge of applied [
i military operations used in de-1
| sense of the free world.
! The cadet, a graduate of Mia-1
mi (Fla.) Jackson High School. |
will be commissioned upon grad- [
uation from the academy in June
1967. He is a member of Delta [
Tau Delta and attended the Uni-[
versify of Florida prior to his [
academy appointment.
The cadet’s father. Foy E. Kent, |
resides in Glenwood. j
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'| Highway accidents over the
[Fourth of July week end killed'
1557 persons, a new all-time toll'
[ for the Independence Day holiday.
The National Safety Council
I called it a “sideous mutilation of [
' one of our most sacred holidays.” [
I Late reports of traffic fatili
i ties in the waning hours of the [
■ [ holiday week end boosted the [
! i death count on the nation’s high
' [ ways above the previous record
■[ of 556, set during the four-day
'[Fourth of 1963.
1 . A final breakdown showed 557
'dead in traffic, 165 drowned, six i
deaths in plane crashes, three in
■ [ fireworks —• the dread killer of
■ turn of the century July 4ths —
:! and 81 miscellaneous accidental
' | deaths. The overall total was 812.
California, as is often the case.
[ led the death list with 54 traffic
■ [ fatalities. New York and Ohio had
[37 each, Missouri 31, Texas 29.
[ Illinois 24. Indiana 22, Michigan
[2l, and Pennsylvania and North
i Carolina 19 each.
The previous record for a three
day Fourth of July week end was
[5lO, set last year. The new 1965
• j mark came close to the record for ;
| all summer holidays — 561 on
the Labor Day week end of 1963.
David H. McNeal
lls Buried At Cedar
> I
Grove Tuesday
Funeral services were held
i : c
.(Tuesday in the Cedar Grove
[ Methodist Church for David H.
McNeal, 77, of Wheeler County,;
J I
! who died in a Milledgeville hos
xpital Sunday after a long illness.;
■ Services were conducted by the;
(Rev. Larry Williams and burial
। was in the Cedar Grove Cemetery ;
' with Harris & Smith Funeral [
■[Home in charge of arrangements.
[ Pallbearers were N. M. Clark,,
[jG. W. Hartley, J. T. Mar.us, Paul)
■ Stevenson, Vernon Hartley and ।
i Edward Towns.
. IHe is survived by six sons, Dave [
J Ed McNeal, of Atlanta; V. O. Mc
[Neal, William McNeal and Hoke)
• McNeal, of Alamo; Otis McNeal,
of Mt. Vernon, and Willard Mc-j
Neal, of Dublin; one daughter,;
Mrs. Frances Wilson, of Athens;,
three step-sons, Wiley Kinchen, [
of Alamo; Robert Kinchen. of
Spring Hope, N. C., and James [
Kinchen, of Clearwater, Fla.; 19
grandchildren; one great-grand-:
child; one sister, Mrs. Cora Berry- i
man, of Hoschton and two bro-'
thers, Homer McNeal, of Harlem, ।
and Bussey McNeal, of Brazelton.
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DR. WILLIAM W. ELAM
William W. Elam, son of Mr.
I nd Mrs. W. B. Elam of Glen
-1 wood, received the Doctor of Phil- 1
; osophy degree ir. Botany at the
[June sth Commencement Exer-[
) cises of the University of Geor- i
I gia, Athens.
Dr. Elam was awarded a three-1'
; year Title IV National Defense [
[ Education Act Fellowship in 1961
for work toward the Ph.D. degree. ‘
He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi ;
Honor Society for outstanding ac
ademic achievement and was
: elected to membership in Phi ,
I Sigma and The Society of the i.
| Sigma Xi. j (
He has accepted a position onij
[the faculty of Mississippi State ;
University, Starkville, as Assis-[ (
[ tant Professor in the Department [ j
[of Botany and the School of For-! (
| estry. He began his duties on July [ (
L I-
Mrs. Elam is the former Nelle ;
I DeLoach of Mcßae. They have ;
I three children. i J
NUMBER 13
Talmadge Seeks
More Security
For Combat Gls
Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Herman K-
Talmadge, a World War II Navy
[ veteran, thinks American military
personnel serving in a “cold ■
war” combat zone should be pro
vided more security for their de
pendents. And he’s backing up;
his belief by asking Congress ta
; do something about it.
He has introduced a bill in the
Senate to provide SIO,OOO free
ilife insurance for Gls serving in
। official combat zones around the
world. Viet Nam and the Dominr
ican Republic have been so desig
nated by the President which
makes it official.
“This indemnity,” Talmadge.
[ said in introducing his bill, "would:
apply retroactive to January L.
1962, and before such date as may
be determined by Presidential
proclamation.
“It is my feeling, and I am
sure this feeling is shared by all
[patriotic Americans, that mem
bers of the armed forces of the:
[ United States who are assigned
[to hazardous duty in a combat
[ zone anywhere in the world are
j entitled to insurance benebits ini.
; the event of their death in order
[ ‘hat the economic security of
their families, their wives >and>;
their children may be made mode-
; secure.
“American soldiers, sailors and
I marines now fighting in the jun
gles of Viet Nam, or who fought
[in the Dominican Republic, oi
[ who may be called upon to fight,
for the cause of freedom anywhere
in the world, are no less entitled
■to this security than were the
American fighting men who ser-
' ved their country in Europe or
[the Pacific in World War IL or’
' in Korea.”
The insurance would be paid to
beneficiaries in 120 monthly in-
Istallments, and would apply also;
: in cases of death due to accidents
[and sickness. The bill provides
[ that death occurring elsewhere:
, but result from combat zone ser
; vice, is also covered.
“Although the fighting in Viet
[ Nam is not a declared war of the
United States,” Talmadge said, “it'
[ is a hot and bloody war nonethe
i less, as the thousands upon thon
[ sands of American servicemen:
I who are risking their lives daily
to help stem the tide of Commun
ism in Southeast Asia can testify.
“Certainly, the government of
the United States and the world
wide cause of feedom which they
are defending owes them no less
than some measure of security
for their families.”
Brice Infant Dies In
Talmadge Memorial
Hospital On June 29
Funeral services were held
from the First Baptist Church in
Vidalia las! Thursday, July 1, for
Shirley Joyce Brice, infan.:
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Joseph Brice, who died in Tal
madge Memorial Hospital in Au
gust;: on June 29 after an extend
ed illness.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Wilton C. Gardner Jr. and
burial was in Lakeview Memorial
Gardens with Murchison Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
The baby was born on April 18.
1965.
She is survived by her parents:
one sister, Karen Di. 'ne, of Vi
dalia and her grandparents, Mrs.
H. E. Farrar, of Vidalia, and Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Loudon, of Key
stone Heights, Fla.
LUMBER PRODUCTION
During the first half of this cen
tury, lumber from Southern pines
accounted for about one-third of
the lumber produced in the U. S.
Extension foresters at the Univer
sity of Georgia point out, how
ever, that since about 1950 lum
ber production from Douglas fir
on the west coast has exceeded;
that of Southern pines.
It takes the average housewife
about four checkbooks to fill one
stamp book.